Latest Ethnic conflicts News
North Macedonia court delays language law ruling amid ethnic tensions
SKOPJE. North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday postponed a ruling on a controversial law concerning the use of minority languages, triggering a new round of ethnic tensions in the tiny Balkan country. The 2019 law made Albanian a second...
Kosovo's parliament speaker ejects ethnic Serb lawmakers because of their truancy
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's parliament speaker ejected several lawmakers of the ethnic Serb minority from the chamber Thursday because of several recent absences, a move that could spark new frictions in the tense relations with neighboring Serbia. Speaker Glauk Konjufca...
Armed ethnic rebels in northeast Myanmar declare ceasefire and seek talks with military government
BANGKOK (AP) — A major ethnic rebel group in Myanmar has announced a unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with the ruling military and called for a dialogue under Chinese auspices to help restore peace in the country’s northeast. China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it...
UN halts aid shipments through Gaza's main crossing after looting. It blames the crisis on Israel
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted convoys. It blamed the breakdown of law and order in large part...
Arrests in North Macedonia after raucous celebrations by members of ethnic Albanian minority
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia have arrested 10 people following raucous celebrations — allegedly including gunfire — by members of the country's ethnic Albanian minority to mark an Albanian national holiday, officials said Friday. Interior Minister...
ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar's military regime
THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor asked judges on Wednesday to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who seized...
Congo accuses rebel group of 'ethnic cleansing' in country's east
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's government on Tuesday accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of “ethnic cleansing” in the central African nation’s east. The minister of the interior, Jacquemain Shabani, denounced the “massive arrival of foreign populations” in the...
Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Monday attended a rally in Georgia to protest against Azerbaijan hosting the annual United Nations climate talks. Thunberg and scores of other activists who rallied in Tbilisi, the capital of the South Caucasus nation,...
Court drops all charges against a Thai woman in a 2015 bombing at a Bangkok shrine that killed 20
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand on Thursday acquitted a Thai woman who had been charged with involvement in a 2015 bombing at a shrine in Bangkok that killed 20 people and injured 120. Wanna Suansan was one of three people apprehended out of 17 suspects who authorities said were...
Kosovo lifts ban on entry of products from Serbia at the border
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s government said Monday it would lift a ban on the entry of products from Serbia at one border crossing, 16 months after it halted imports to prevent what it said could be hidden shipments of weapons for Serb separatists. The reopening is in line...
